Letters 05-26-10

Wednesday

May 26, 2010 at 8:17 AMMay 26, 2010 at 8:19 AM

Charity and Christianity

Stan Brown ("Christian gesture," Letters, May 25) asks why Barack Obama's health care take-over is not seen as explicitly Christian. Christianity is based in charity, not tyranny. Mr. Brown's Bible quote, "I was sick and you looked after me" is focused on the charitable act of an individual, not of the government.

The forced imposition of the government taking from one person and giving to another is not an act of charity, it is an act of tyranny. Since our government is not allowed to establish a religion, calling government-run healthcare "explicitly Christian" would exempt non-Christians from participating in that government-mandated system.

Daniel Seagondollar

Apple Valley

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It would seem that Stan Brown is a little naive about President Obama's reason for pushing through his health care bill, even when the majority of Americans didn't want it.

I doubt that it was a Christian gesture. It is well known that the President does not attend church services. And excerpts from his writings and books clearly show his Muslim upbringing and thinking.

When Mr. Brown and the rest of the starry-eyed liberals discover the true cost of Mr. Obama's health care program in a few years, they most likely will feel like lambs being led to slaughter. I wonder what Mr. Brown thinks of the recent speech Mexico's President Felipe Calderone gave to Congress the other day. Was that also Biblical?

Jack Bednar

Apple Valley

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I know what the cross stands for. It is a symbol of the Christian religion. However, not all of those who sacrificed their lives for our nation and our freedom practiced that religion. This is a fact that some people seem to have great difficulty comprehending. There is a reason for the controversy over the Mojave Cross and why it should be replaced by a symbol that honors all that sacrificed for our nation, not just those of a certain religion. That is what this whole debate is all about.

Robin Carstairs

Lucerne Valley

Divisive is not better

Who's contributing to the Town of Apple Valley's "Better Way of Life"?

The current town manager feels so insecure in his position that he's looking for another position. Council members must vote on the Apple Valley Golf Course purchase four times because the vote doesn't go a certain way. Accusations are made against respected business people of backroom deals that were supposedly done behind closed doors. And the most recent incident involves accusations that the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce sent racist e-mails. These actions are not promoting a better way of life, and all the negative press the town gets each time is not good for business.

All of them revolve around one person.

Maybe Rick Roelle will learn something from his mistakes and will start working and acting as a team leader and treat the members of his team with respect for the balance of his term. While his intentions to hold the town accountable and be fiscally responsible may be good, the methods he chooses to accomplish them continue to create havoc. Hopefully the voters will speak up when election time comes around.

James D. Phillips

Apple Valley

Logical progression

First, candidates were selected by party leaders. Then the law was changed in order to allow those who felt themselves affiliated with a particular party to select the candidates. Now the plan is to allow all voters, not just those who feel themselves affiliated with a particular party, to select the candidates. Next on the agenda: since all residents, not just citizens, are affected by what those in office do, open the polls to everyone who make their home in the nation. Eventual agenda? Since even visitors are affected by what goes on in government, allow voting by anyone in the country at the time of the election.

Sound ridiculous? Just remember, you heard it here first.

There may have been many faults with selecting candidates by party bosses in smoke-filled rooms. At least then we knew what we were getting. A campaign pledge meant something then.

Perry Schlack

Apple Valley

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